CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow on August 25, marking the first visit by a US intelligence chief to the Russian capital since November 2021. He held talks with Russian intelligence officials, notably SVR chief Sergei Naryshkin, but did not meet with Vladimir Putin. Ratcliffe arrived and departed on the same day aboard a US military C-17 transport plane. The visit was reportedly preceded by a US request that Ukraine suspend its attacks on Moscow and St. Petersburg, illustrating the close ties between the Ukraine conflict and intelligence diplomacy.
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